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Geist
If you ever needed proof that animation is the medium not the genre, Geist from Giant Animation Studios is it. You see, as much as I love Pixar films (and believe me, I love ‘em), they’ve also...
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Embarrassed
It’s not unusual to experience overwhelming amounts of unease and uncertainty when you have your first child; there’s a societal pressure to be the perfect parent, and anxiety, sleep loss, and...
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Thunder Road
The toast of this year’s American festival circuit, Thunder Road triumphantly debuts online today after winning awards at Sundance, SXSW, Los Angeles, and Palm Springs, including the coveted Jury...
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Quick Hits with Thunder Road's Jim Cummings
Thunder Road is going to be a strong contender come the end of the year for a spot on our Best of 2016 list. It’s also just got a fascinating backstory, so we decided to get in touch with the creator...
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The New Filmmaker: Eddie OKeefe
In 2011, filmmaker Eddie O’Keefe’s short film The Ghosts—a low-fi, retro high school drama—had failed to make any headway with film festivals. So Eddie skipped the festival route altogether, opting...
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Stryka
Frequently featured on Short of the Week, Emily Carmichael is back with Stryka, a new sci-fi short that continues her relentless and subversive reinvention of genre norms. With a lighthearted tone...
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Day 39
It’s easy to become sensitive to the topic of war, considering today’s global political climate and how hard it is to avoid such subject matter thanks to social media. It’s harder still to turn a...
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We Together
From undead beavers to zombies on a train, it seems reinventing the zombie movie is high on the agenda of filmmakers in recent times. The latest director to take a stab at injecting life into these...
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The Young Housefly
A moody, existential portrait of life told through the perspective of a fly, director Laurence Vannicelli’s The Young Housefly is definitely a unique cinematic experience. Oddly enough, we have seen...
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Jam Today
As all adolescents begin to go through that awkward time when they discover the role of their own bodies, and those of the opposite sex, in their burgeoning development through life’s disorientating...
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Grey Bull
Winner of Australian Director’s Guild and Cannes Lions Young Director awards Eddy Bell’s Grey Bull is a film with a distinct story and a strong self-belief. Featuring a captivating lead performance...
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Some Kind of Quest
In the pursuit of creative greatness, many artists struggle to find meaning in their work—how will what they make live beyond their physical time here on Earth? What’s the point of it all? Andrew...
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Gips (Plaster)
Inspired by the director’s own family vacations and his holiday jealousy towards the boys with the broken arms (they got all the attention from the girls) Jeroen Houben’s Gips (Plaster) is a sweet and...
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The Shining Star of Losers Everywhere
The famous Silicon Valley mantra of “Fail fast, fail often”, has permeated the culture, making the formerly shameful practice of falling on one’s face feel almost like an exalted practice. Yet, there...
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Friendship Playlist
From imaginary buddies who are always there for you, to teenage BFFs who guide you through those tough times, friendship has been a staple theme of filmmaking/storytelling since its early beginnings....
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Best Films of the Month: July
There are months when our favorite films have nothing in common, but this time around, our picks feel like they came from the same festival screening block. First off, we have Thunder Road, a...
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Welcome to The Last Bookstore
Given the mass closures of bookstore chains around the country, the ubiquity of online sellers like Amazon, and the rise of the e-book, you might laugh in the face of someone who told you their new...
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Jameson First Shot 2016: Short Films
The branded First Shot series from Jameson has become something of an annual event in the world of short film. Running for five consecutive years now and always featuring a famous face in front of the...
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Possibilia
Billed as “the world’s first interactive narrative film“, Possibilia is a poignant, playful, and utterly remarkable film experiment that exceeds by far any expectation one might have for such a...
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Eater
Stranger Things emerged with little fanfare to become the breakout series of the Summer TV season. A nostalgia-infused horror series filled with homages to 80’s Spielberg and John Carpenter flicks,...
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